Brent,
I have not been inside the power mirror itself, but =
a few
years ago I was having trouble with it coming loose and folding back =
against the
body. I was leaving on a camping trip to north of Las Vegas, so I =
temporarily
put duct tape around the arm. This didn't work too well because of the =
hot
Nevada sun, the adhesive softened and I had to keep opening the wiindow =
and
pushing the mirror back out. Once in camp I carefully pried off the =
plastic cap
on the bottom and saw that the nut and spring had come off of the shaft =
and the
wires run up through it all. It was a tedious PITA to work around the =
wires and
get the spring on and thread the nut on, all up inside where there isn't =
much
room. Anyway, I got it on, and used two screwdrivers in the notches in =
the nut
to tighten it. When I got home, I took a cheap bicycle wrench, the thin =
flat
kind, and on the 9/16th size, ground the tips down flat so that they =
bridge the
wires and fit in the slots. Now I can tighten it with pliers on the end =
of the
wrench.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 =
12:20 PM
Subject: Power mirror =
"tune-up"
With the recent discussion of floppy mirrors, I =
found myself
wondering about improving the operation of the power windows in the
Syncro. While they currently work fine, the driver's mirror is =
very
noisy and slow. Has anyone ever pulled the mirrors apart and =
given them
a "tune-up"? Are there some parts that could benefit from cleaning and =
greasing, or other kinds of PM?
Brent Christensen
'89 GL =
Syncro
Westy
Santa Barbara, CA